Transition to College Mathematics and Statistics

过渡到大学数学和统计项目正在开发一门高中四年级的数学课程。该课程建立在NSF支持的Core-Plus数学课程的基础上，并提供了目前已有的微积分课程的替代方案。这门新课程是为即将进入大专教育的学生设计的，他们将主修不需要微积分的课程。新课程包括从解决问题或应用角度出发的数学，并成为通向大学数学和统计的桥梁。单元主题包括函数、建模、代数策略、二项分布和信息处理。该项目正在制作该课程的印刷版和数字版。教授学生使用电子表格、数据分析工具、交互式几何程序和计算机代数系统等软件工具。这些工具嵌入到课程中，允许学生将他们所学的数学应用到有趣的相关问题中。这些课程包括允许学生立即访问相关文本的超链接。设计者正在探索视频的整合，语言翻译软件的使用，以及公共领域、以学习者为中心的软件工具的使用。该课程的目标之一是增加学生获得所需工具和信息的机会，并促进材料使用方式的灵活性。该项目将对材料进行实地测试，并将实施一项广泛的形成性评估计划，工作人员将访问教室并采访学生。终结性评估将由密苏里大学的评估员进行，重点是通过ACT/SAT成绩、GPA、安置数据和选课来衡量学生的成绩。过渡到大学数学和统计课程提供了一门数学课程，为高中生过渡到旨在支持非科学领域的大学数学和统计课程做准备。它在高中四年级提供了一门可行的、有趣的、有用的基于技术的课程。这门课程还将提供一种有效的方式，帮助学校达到各州已采用的大学和职业准备标准。

The Transitions to College Mathematics and Statistics project is developing a mathematics course for the fourth year of high school. The course builds on the NSF-supported Core-Plus Mathematics curriculum and provides an alternative to the Calculus course that is now in place. The new course is being designed for students who will enter post-secondary education and will major in programs not requiring Calculus. The new course includes mathematics from a problem-solving or applications perspective, and serves as a bridge to college mathematics and statistics. Unit topics include functions, modeling, algebraic strategies, binomial distributions, and information processing. The project is creating both a print version and a digital version of the course. Students are taught to use software tools such as spreadsheets, data analysis tools, interactive geometry programs, and computer algebra systems. These tools are embedded in the curriculum and allow students to apply the mathematics they are learning in interesting and relevant problems. The lessons include hyperlinks that allow students to have immediate access to related text. The designers are exploring the incorporation of video, access to language translation software, and the use of public domain, learner-centered software tools. One goal of the course is to increase student access to needed tools and information and to promote flexibility in how the materials are used. The project will conduct field tests of the materials and will implement an extensive formative evaluation plan where staff will visit classrooms and interview students. The summative evaluation will be conducted by an evaluator at the University of Missouri, and will focus on student achievement as measured by ACT/SAT scores, GPA, placement data, and course-taking.The Transitions to College Mathematics and Statistics course provides a mathematics course that prepares high school students to transition into college mathematics and statistics courses that are designed to support non-scientific fields. It provides a viable, interesting, and useful technology-based course in the fourth year of high school. The course will also provide an effective way to help schools meet the college and career readiness standards that states have adopted.